Bevan Lee
Bevan John Lee OAM is an Australian writer and executive best known for creating the TV dramas Sons and Daughters, All Saints, Packed to the Rafters, Winners & Losers and A Place to Call Home.
Career
Lee was an actor before turning to writing, working his way up to be script producer of the TV serial Sons and Daughters. He also rewrote the first episode of Home and Away, a show which he has script produced at various stages over the years. Lee was network script executive at Channel Nine for eight years in the 1990s before returning to Channel Seven, where he took part in the creation and development of such series as All Saints, Always Greener, Marshall Law and headLand, forming a notable creative partnership with Seven's head of network drama John Holmes.[1] He created a new drama for Seven filmed in 2012, A Place to Call Home.[2] He also created the critically acclaimed 2020 series, Between Two Worlds.
Personal life
Lee is gay and in 2007 he was nominated as one of the 25 most influential lesbian and gay people in Australia by online digital media site SameSame.[3]
Filmography
Television
The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator | Writer | ||||
| Secret Valley | 1980 | No | Yes (1) | ABC | |
| Sons and Daughters | 1982–87 | No | Yes (118) | Seven Network | script editor (1982: 171 episodes) |
| Prisoner | 1985–86 | No | Yes (8) | Network 10 | story editor (1985–86; 70 episodes), storyline (1985–86; 41 episodes) |
| A Country Practice | 1986 | No | Yes (1) | Seven Network | |
| Home and Away | 1988–2008 | No | Yes (30) | Seven Network | writer (1988–2008), script producer (1989–2011)[4] |
| Family and Friends | 1990 | No | Yes | Nine Network | Unknown episodes |
| The Flying Doctors | 1991 | No | Yes (5) | Nine Network | story editor (7 episodes) |
| The Adventures of Skippy | 1992–93 | No | Yes (5) | Nine Network | |
| Ship to Shore | 1993 | No | No | ABC | producer (2 episodes) |
| Spellbinder | 1995 | No | No | Nine Network | script consultant |
| Halifax f.p. | 1995–96 | No | No | Nine Network | script executive (4 episodes) |
| All Saints | 1998–2009 | Yes | Yes (4) | Seven Network | |
| Always Greener | 2001–03 | Yes | Yes (1) | Seven Network | |
| Marshall Law | 2002–03 | Yes | No | Seven Network | |
| headLand | 2005–06 | Yes | Yes (1) | Seven Network | |
| Packed to the Rafters | 2008–13 | Yes | No | Seven Network | |
| Winners & Losers | 2011–16 | Yes | Yes (3) | Seven Network | producer (1 episode) |
| A Place to Call Home | 2013–18 | Yes | Yes (26) | Seven Network | script producer (2013–14; 18 episodes) |
| Between Two Worlds | 2020 | Yes | Yes (4) | Seven Network | |
References
- Sally Jackson, 'More winners than losers in this duo's resume', The Australian March 21, 2011
- David Knox, 'Seven reveals 2012 highlights' TV Tonight September 22, 2011
- Danny Corvini 'Bevan Lee' Same Same Archived February 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Bevan Lee, 'Home and Away - the Script Process' Back to the Bay website